National level Yoga Day programme being held in Jabalpur to be telecast live in 80 countries
This year, the national level programme of 9th International Yoga Day will be held on June 21 at the Garrison Ground in Jabalpur.
The yoga programme will be telecast live in 80 countries of the world apart from the country. This information was given in the meeting chaired by Collector Saurabh Kumar Suman in Jabalpur on Wednesday. This year the theme of the 9th International Yoga Day is ‘Yoga for Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’.
Participation of Army, Police, Home Guard, Railways and security institutions is being ensured in the national level programme in Jabalpur. There will be documentation of mass yoga practice programmes to be held at different places of the city and recording will also be done with drone camera.
A plan has been made to involve about one lakh 25 thousand citizens in the mass yoga exercise programme in Jabalpur city.
Apart from this, maximum participation of school and college students will be ensured. 15,000 identified participants will participate in the programme to be held at the Garrison Ground.
As an innovation, disabled, transgenders, cancer and thalassemia patients will also be given mass yoga practice. A mass yoga exercise will be held on International Yoga Day at Bargi Dam near Jabalpur.
Keeping in mind the national programme of Yoga Day in Jabalpur, pre-activity has been started from June 15.
In 78 wards of Jabalpur city also, mass yoga practice will be done on International Yoga Day. Participation of 2 thousand citizens is being ensured in each ward.
There will be a special session of mass yoga practice in 50 gardens along with Bhedaghat, the famous tourist spot of the city.
Help of voluntary organizations is being taken to make the programme successful.
A special awareness campaign is also being run across the district to increase the participation of the general public on International Yoga Day.